Here goes... my "30 for 30" list

After much ado and rounds of head-scratching revisions, here's my 30 for 30 list, in no particular order...

1. Visit London.
2. Be a guest blogger.
3. Learn the art of aerial silks.
4. Cut bangs.
5. Watch a Star Wars movie.
6. Experience the 18-course tasting menu at Alinea.
7. Cook with a foreign ingredient from an Asian food market.
8. Achieve 10 quality photos with my new Nikon D3100 by using learned concepts of lighting and composition.
9. Open an Etsy shop.
10. Do a weekend getaway to a small Midwestern town.
11. Develop my personal 30-second elevator pitch and brand identity, and execute it in a tactile form.
12. See a movie by myself.
13. Walk on the Brooklyn Bridge.
14. Hike at Starved Rock State Park.
15. Ride a Segway.
16. Master a signature 3-course menu for dinner parties.
17. Take pole dancing lessons.
18. Submit an article or essay to a magazine.
19. Design and create a family holiday card to send out this year.
20. Attend a roller derby match.
21. Attend a "secret" or "underground" dinner.
22. Ride the Santa Express Holiday train around the entire Loop.
23. Take a tai-chi class.
24. Bake a cake from scratch.
25. Sew a button.
26. Take a surfing lesson.
27. Try burrata.
28. Babysit for a full day (or however long someone will allow me to).
29. Eat Ethiopian food with my hands, no utensils.
30. Be a part of the outside audience at Rockefeller Plaza for the filming of The Today Show. 

It's nerve-wracking and thrilling all at the same time to even click "Publish" on this post. But, then again, there's nothing like the pressure of failing or quitting before all your friends and readers as an extra incentive to follow through! You can quickly jump to each item in the new "30 for 30" list in the sidebar as I blog about my experiences. Hope you will follow along as I chronicle my little journey from now until July 16, 2011 when I hit the Big 3-0, and even more hopefully, that I will learn a thing or two about myself in the process (and remain in one piece)...